This week on the podcast, the guys set the table for the Detroit Lions 2021 Week 7 matchup against the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium in California.
Lions News:
Roster Moves:
- Lions sign WR Geronimo Allison off of practice squad
- Da’Shawn Hand begins practicing, starts 21-day clock
- LT Taylor Decker’s finger could cost him the season
- TE T.J. Hockenson (knee)
- RB D’Andre Swift (groin)
- FB Jason Cabinda (hip)
- EDGE Trey Flowers (knee)
- EDGE Charles Harris (hip/oblique)
- DL Michael Brockers (shoulder)
- DL Nick Williams (knee)
- S Will Harris (hip)
Protected PS: Bruce Hector, Steven Montez, Jalen Elliott, and Ryan Santoso
- Lions only winless team in NFL – coaches say changes are coming
- The offense was a disaster
- Jared Goff missing reads, dropping too far back
- Goff will remain the starter, “needs to step up”
- Skill players missing assignments, no energy
- Defense kept them in it as long as they could – rookie elevating their games
- Alim McNeill continues to disrupt
- EDGE rushers continue to produce
- Derrick Barnes getting more playing time, making an impact
- Jerry Jacobs looks like he belongs
- Ref: Bill Vinvich
- TV: Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez
- Betting Line: Rams -14.5
- Revenge game for Goff and Brockers? Vs Stafford?
- Key matchups: Swift vs LB Kenny Young
- Key: Hockenson vs S Taylor Rapp
- Key: AJ Parker or Jerry Jacobs vs WR Cooper Kupp
- Key: Trey Flowers vs LT Andrew Whitworth
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